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Latest Optimism News

Binance Co-founder CZ Donates 1,000 BNB to Thailand and Myanmar Earthquake Relief Efforts

Binance co-founder CZ has donated 1,000 BNB tokens to support earthquake relief in Myanmar and Thailand. The funds, alongside a Binance Charity airdrop, aim to provide fast blockchain-based humanitarian aid. The post Binance Co-founder CZ Donates 1,000 BNB to Thailand and Myanmar Earthquake Relief Efforts appeared first on Cryptonews.

Source name: cryptonews.com

1 hours, 9 minutes ago

Expert Reveals XRP Price Could Drop To $1.90 Before Rally To New Highs

Crypto analyst CasiTrades has provided a roadmap for the XRP price, revealing what could happen before the altcoin reaches a new all-time high (ATH). Based on her analysis, XRP could still witness a price decline before it potentially rallies past its current ATH of $3.4.

Source name: coingape.com

1 hours, 23 minutes ago

Bitcoin Staking Protocol Babylon Reveals BABY Token Airdrop

Babylon's BABY token will be airdropped to Bitcoin stakers and other groups with the launch of the Babylon Genesis network.

Source name: decrypt.co

1 hours, 38 minutes ago

XRP's Wallet Activity Logs Precipitous Drop

According to a recent report by CoinMetrics, XRP has recorded a 10.77% decline in wallet activity over the past week. This is the largest drop among major altcoins (behind only Ethereum).

Source name: u.today

1 hours, 46 minutes ago

Cardano launches new open-source digital identity platform

Cardano Foundation has launched Veridian, a decentralized digital identity platform aimed at reshaping how personal and organizational data is managed and secured. Designed as an open-source service, Veridian establishes users as data owners, thereby attempting to alter the global trend of centralized verification.

Source name: cryptopolitan.com

1 hours, 46 minutes ago

TRON Is At A Stable Price Above $0.23

The price of TRON (TRX) is in a horizontal trend and continues to trade with choppy price action.

Source name: coinidol.com

3 hours, 11 minutes ago

Ripple Unlocks $1 Billion in XRP as Bearish Momentum Builds

XRP is under pressure, down nearly 6% in the past 24 hours and teetering just above the $2 mark as bearish momentum builds. A $1.02 billion unlock from Ripple's escrow has sparked fresh concerns about oversupply, with tokens moved to operational wallets possibly poised for distribution.

Source name: beincrypto.com

3 hours, 21 minutes ago

Breaking: US SEC Acknowledges Fidelity's Filing for Solana ETF

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally acknowledged the filing for Fidelity's spot Solana (SOL) Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). This marks a key development in the financial industry, as Fidelity seeks to list its Solana ETF on the Cboe BZX Exchange.

Source name: coingape.com

3 hours, 25 minutes ago

Alleged Tech Spy Says He Was Paid in Ethereum to Snoop for Rival Firm

A former employee of Rippling has alleged he accepted $5,000 in ETH per month to spy on his employer on behalf of its competitor, Deel.

Source name: decrypt.co

3 hours, 25 minutes ago

Cango sells legacy China business, goes all-in on Bitcoin mining: Report

Cango, a publicly traded Chinese conglomerate, has agreed to sell its legacy China operations to an entity associated with peer Bitmain in a bid to go all-in on Bitcoin (BTC) mining, according to a report by The Miner Mag. Cango agreed to sell its legacy Chinese auto financing business to Ursalpha Digital Limited in a $352 million deal, according to the report.

Source name: cointelegraph.com

4 hours, 20 minutes ago

Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Set for May 7: What to Expect

Ethereum developers have officially announced a new deadline for the upcoming Pectra upgrade. The core developers made the final decision in a recent call after passing the third and last testnet implementation without any problems.

Source name: coingape.com

4 hours, 23 minutes ago

Analyst Warns Bitcoin Price Could Drop Below $60k Amid Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs

Crypto analyst Titan of Crypto has provided a bearish outlook for the Bitcoin price, predicting it could drop below $60,000. This comes amid Donald Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs, which could trigger this price crash.

Source name: coingape.com

4 hours, 23 minutes ago

Crypto Crash: ADA Breaks Trend Line Support While BTC and ETH Bounce Off Key Levels

How are the charts looking after this sharp drop? Here's an overview of the most relevant technical signals for Cardano, Ethereum (ETH), and Bitcoin (BTC) charts.

Source name: fxempire.com

4 hours, 23 minutes ago

Bitcoin Price Faces ‘Death Cross,' But Bulls Are Still Hopeful

Despite the "Death Cross" signal, Bitcoin bulls remain hopeful for a potential rebound.

Source name: dailycoin.com

4 hours, 44 minutes ago

Ethereum (ETH) developers may set the Pectra update for May 7

Ethereum developers set May 7 as the most probable date for the Pectra upgrade, combining a total of 11 EIP.

Source name: cryptopolitan.com

4 hours, 54 minutes ago

Ethereum overcomes setbacks, confirms Pectra upgrade for May 7

Ethereum core developers have confirmed that the highly anticipated Pectra upgrade will be deployed on May 7. Nixo Rokish, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's protocol support team, shared the news in an April 3 post on social media, saying: “Pectra mainnet date confirmed May 7.

Source name: cryptoslate.com

5 hours, 40 minutes ago

WisdomTree Expands Institutional Tokenized Fund Platform to Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base and Optimism

The firm also offers a broader selection of tokenized funds, including equity indexes and fixed income strategies.

Source name: coindesk.com

5 hours, 43 minutes ago

Luxor's Aaron Forster on Bitcoin Mining's Growing Sophistication

The group's director of business development, a speaker at this year's Consensus festival, says bitcoin miners are expanding into bitcoin pooling, hashrate hedging, AI and HPC.

Source name: coindesk.com

5 hours, 43 minutes ago

While XRP faces a 35% drop, this $0.025 token is quietly becoming a top performer in 2025

As some major altcoins struggle to regain momentum, investors are turning their attention toward smaller projects with stronger fundamentals. One of the standout names this year has been Mutuum Finance (MUTM)—a DeFi token priced at just $0.025, yet rapidly building traction across the crypto space.

Source name: invezz.com

6 hours ago

Bitcoin falls toward $80K and prints ‘death cross' as US stocks mimic 2020 COVID-19 crash

Bitcoin (BTC) hit new monthly lows at the April 3 Wall Street open as US unemployment data added to pressure on risk assets. BTC/USD 4-hour chart.

Source name: cointelegraph.com

6 hours, 11 minutes ago

OpenAI's $40B And Circle IPO: AI And Blockchain's Economic Revolution

With both Circle and OpenAI making two groundbreaking financial announcements this week, shockwaves have been sent through both the tech and finance worlds.

Source name: forbes.com

6 hours, 45 minutes ago

Bitcoin DeFi protocol Babylon to airdrop 600 million BABY tokens in upcoming token generation event

Babylon Bitcoin stakers will receive 6% of BABY's 10 billion supply as a reward for early participation.

Source name: theblock.co

6 hours, 45 minutes ago

Bitcoin's Price Sees Slow Rebound: Here Is The Next Strong Support Zone To Watch

Bitcoin‘s price surge on Wednesday to the $87,000 threshold has reignited bullish sentiment in the market. However, the flagship asset's renewed upward strength has briefly weakened, dropping to the $85,000 level.

Source name: bitcoinist.com

6 hours, 58 minutes ago

Death Cross Strikes XRP With 18% Plunge Warning Versus Bitcoin

The popular alternative cryptocurrency XRP is seeing an ominous sign in its price action against its main counterpart, Bitcoin (BTC).

Source name: u.today

7 hours, 23 minutes ago

Cango to Offload Chinese Assets for $352M, Eyes Bitcoin Mining Growth

Cango Inc., the 14th-largest publicly listed bitcoin miner by market cap, has entered definitive agreements to sell its China-based operations to Ursalpha Digital Limited for $351.94 million, accelerating its focus on global bitcoin mining. Cango Sheds PRC Operations to Fuel Mining Ambitions Cango's (NYSE: CANG) cash deal includes an initial payment of $210.

Source name: news.bitcoin.com

7 hours, 39 minutes ago

How Trump Tariffs Are Changing Bitcoin | US Morning Briefing

Welcome to the US Morning Crypto Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.

Source name: beincrypto.com

7 hours, 46 minutes ago

Exclusive: WisdomTree Connect expands to Base, Arbitrum, Avalanche and Optimism

WisdomTree's giving institutions access to their tokenized funds across Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, Ethereum and Optimism with its WisdomTree Connect, the team exclusively told Blockworks.

Source name: blockworks.co

8 hours, 11 minutes ago

Ethereum Developers Lock in May 7 for Pectra Upgrade

The decision to schedule Pectra was made just over a week after the upgrade went live on the Hoodi testnet without any hiccups.

Source name: coindesk.com

8 hours, 11 minutes ago

Trump-Bukele meeting at White House ignites Bitcoin discussion hopes

President Donald Trump has formally invited El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele for an official meeting at the White House on April 14. Bukele confirmed the development in an April 3 post on X, formerly Twitter, where he revealed that the invitation came directly from the US President on April 1.

Source name: cryptoslate.com

8 hours, 19 minutes ago

Bitcoin At Risk Of Institutional Capture, Warns Jack Dorsey

In a “21 and 21” rapid-fire interview with Haley Berkoe at San Francisco's Presidio Bitcoin workspace, Jack Dorsey—CEO of Block and former Twitter chief—cautioned that BTC's growing popularity among major financial institutions could threaten the open ethos that gave rise to the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Source name: bitcoinist.com

8 hours, 26 minutes ago

Ethereum Price Drops to 17-Month Lows, Gas Fees At 4-Year Lows

Ethereum price is under rising downward pressure as falling gas fees point to potential decline in investor enthusiasm.

Source name: investingcube.com

8 hours, 26 minutes ago

Bitcoin Is A Realistic Global Reserve Asset, Experts Say

A growing number of financial and crypto industry leaders are openly questioning the long-term future of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency—while pointing to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as an increasingly credible alternative in a rapidly shifting monetary landscape. What Happened: The debate resurfaced after BlackRock (NASDAQ:BLK) CEO Larry Fink warned that rising U.S. deficits and unsustainable government debt could undermine confidence in the dollar.

Source name: benzinga.com

8 hours, 26 minutes ago

WhiteBIT Nova surpasses 1 million transactions

WhiteBIT, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Europe by traffic, has announced that WhiteBIT Nova, its crypto card supported by Visa, has processed over a million transactions, as per the reports shared with Finbold on Thursday, April 3.

Source name: finbold.com

8 hours, 40 minutes ago

Cardano Foundation launches ‘quantum resistant, globally interoperable' digital identity platform Veridian

Veridian is a digital identity platform that uses open-source tools to verify identities and authenticate online communication.

Source name: theblock.co

9 hours, 26 minutes ago

Trillions of Dollars: Tether's Gabor Gurbacs Bullish on Bitcoin's Next Stage

Tether's strategic advisor Gabor Gurbacs has taken to his X account to discuss the prospects Bitcoin may have in the next few years. He has shared his bullish opinion with the community, drawing parallels to another popular safe haven asset – gold.

Source name: u.today

9 hours, 43 minutes ago